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August 23, 2018

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a Missouri trial judge has "affirmed" the $4.69 billion talc verdict against Johnson & Johnson. It seems like a bit of a non-story. Johnson & Johnson elected not to file post-trial motions, so the trial judge did not really affirm anything, he just entered judgment based on the jury's verdict. J&J says it plans to appeal.